You have asked whether certain information is subject to required public disclosure under
chapter 552 of the Government Code. Your request was assigned ID# 129675.

The City of Crowley (the "city") received a request for the alarm permit applications on file
with the city. You assert that the requested information is excepted from disclosure under
sections 552.101 and 552.108 of the Government Code. You have provided this office with
information regarding the location of alarm systems, the names of the occupants of alarm
system locations, the permit numbers and dates pertinent to the records. We have reviewed
the documents you have submitted and considered the exception you claim. Section 552.101
of the Government Code excepts from disclosure "information considered to be confidential
by law, either constitutional, statutory, or by judicial decision." Section 28(e) of the Private
Investigators and Private Security Agencies Act provides that:

Information that is contained in alarm systems records held by a governmental
body and that concerns the location of an alarm system, the name of the
occupant of an alarm system location, or the type of alarm system used is
confidential and may be disclosed only to the board or as otherwise required
by state law or court order. TEX. REV. CIV. STAT. ANN. art.
4413(29bb),§28(e)(Vernon Supp. 1999).

The information you provided this office, with the exception of the copy of the blank
application form, must be withheld from disclosure under section 552.101 in conjunction with
section 28(e) of the Private Investigators and Private Security Agencies Act as information
that is contained in alarm systems records held by a governmental body.

As section 552.101 is dispositive, we will not address your section 552.108 assertion. We
are resolving this matter with an informal letter ruling rather than with a published open
records decision. This ruling is limited to the particular records at issue under the facts
presented to us in this request and should not be relied upon as a previous determination
regarding any other records. If you have questions about this ruling, please contact our
office.